Diverse - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

include reducing stress and stigma, building a safe climate for talking about mental health issues, recognizing at-risk employees, and embracing diversity and neurodiversity. Questions for managers to ask: How am I doing, and how can I do... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

14 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

2getthere, and Cabintaxi. In the past decade PRT projects been weighed for sites as diverse as the docklands in Cardiff, Wales; the airport-to-town route of Ciampino, Italy; and the Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. We... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

million. Voted company of the year by Exame, Brazil's leading business magazine, Natura has from its inception focused on serving the distinctive needs of Brazil's ethnically diverse population. Recognizing that the company could never... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

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to a 1. This class is for those ready to receive feedback . This may include feedback about your ideas, your presence (including posture), and more. Career Focus Exceptionally effective leaders must have the ability to communicate clearly, persuasively, and... View Details

07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

model for integrating diverse values offers some grounds for thinking about parallel virtues in the business case. Our goal is not to offer any general prescription for organizational democracy at this stage but, instead, to argue that... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

increased their communication if teammates were also actively participating. Additionally, team performance is uniquely driven by the level of emergent interdependence, as indexed by the diversity of topics discussed and the temporal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

01 Jun 2025
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Alumni and Faculty Books

covers more than 10 years in the life of a medical doctor as he spends time training in specialties as diverse as obstetrics, psychiatry and emergency medicine, and working across Europe, Africa, and Asia, dealing with everything from... View Details

15 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

emerging and developed markets. The stated objective was to create a corruption-proof social security infrastructure that enables the disenfranchised to access benefits without any diversion to middlemen and unscrupulous elements. While... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2020
News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

mind if a colleague has a very compelling argument. On occasion, I would come to class with a strong viewpoint, only to be convinced otherwise by a wise counterargument from a classmate. HBS helped me become a leader who values diverse... View Details

14 May 2007
Research & Ideas

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

bankers, programmers, creatives, and general managers often leave with a team of colleagues to join a competitor. This phenomenon is called a lift out. It is observed in industries as diverse as medicine, advertising, software... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

all the others." Calls for sacrifice and self-discipline are met with cynicism, skepticism, and knee-jerk resistance. Our research into organizational transformation has involved settings as diverse as multinational corporations,... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

16 May 2018
News

ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

records for both attendance and fundraising. In addition, the club celebrated the life of Lisa Garcia Quiroz (MBA 1990), who died March 16. Quiroz was an influential media executive who had served most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 2000
News

Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

gaining access to venture capital, the benefits of acquiring and transforming existing businesses, the challenges of leading diverse organizations, and the successful management of community-based ventures. Several alumni participated on... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Sep 2006
News

Street Singer

and student jobs, they did. Before moving to Cambridge in 1980, Harris says she harbored the usual expectations of Harvard as a preppy, stuffy place, but found she was one of the few wearing Docksiders and green sweaters. The diversity of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

by national policy than they were by informal, local business deals. As Lurtz writes in her research summary, "Here coffee emerged in the hands of a diverse body of participants. Alongside foreign merchants and migrant planters, local... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

21 May 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

diversity of international experience in such cases could be a boon to students in solving such problems. With such experiments, Narayanan and his colleagues are embracing the dynamic quality of the course in their design—using their own... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18

regulatory requirements, and some existing taxi booking vendors feel threatened by SaferTaxi's efforts to enter the market. As SaferTaxi attempts to satisfy these diverse constituents, international competition looms. What should... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

03 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 3

well) to the thoughtful adoption of social media technology. And they offer guidance on how to balance the benefits of open-ended talk with the realities of strategic execution. Drawing on the experience of leaders at diverse companies... View Details